"Lauren Grodstein breaks your heart, then miraculously pieces it back together so it's bigger-and stronger-than before."  -Celeste Ng, author of Everything I Never Told You How can a woman learn to let go of the people she loves the most?    Karen Neulander, a successful New York political consultant and single mother, has always been fiercely protective of her son, Jacob, now six. She's had to be: when Jacob's father, Dave, found out...

William Bloom, is a young man who never really knew his now dying father, Edward - outside of the tall tales his dad told him about growing up. During Edward's last days William and his wife Josephine hold a bedside vigil next to the old man as he recollects elaborate memories of his youth. Still doubting the legends and folklore, William makes a journey to meet a mysterious woman from whom Edward had bought property. The story revolves around a...